Do it Obama Style

A tutorial by Jade M.

Start

We’re starting with this image. It is rather dark right now.

Step 1

For the first step I adjusted the brightness and contrast of the photo. This only applies if the photo itself is too dark.

Step 2

Hi the CTRL+M. Set the channel to RGB and the output should be 70 and input 35.

Step 3

Go to filter > Blur > Smart Blur. Then set the Radius to 2, threshold to 50, and quality to high.

Step 4

Go to Image > Adjustments > Gradient Map. Set the first color at location 0% (blue: #03334c) the second color at location 25% ( red color: #d91a21), the third point of the gradient at location 60% (color: #70969e) and the last one at location 100% (color #fce3a6). Hit OK.

And Done!

Now that you are done you can customize and tweak it as you will. How it looks in the end is completely up to you!